Condiment holder



Nov. 13, 1934. J o, c, INGOLD CONDIMENT HOLDER Filed July 11. 1934 Jwowtoz 0. C

Patented Nov. 13, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT i 1,980,883 ooxnmnn'r Bowen John Oliver Clifton 1m: HavanyKans. Application Jnly"1'1,'.1934, Serial No. 734,659

character having separate independent chambers formed by a partition between the chambers and a cover having discharge apertures registering with the chambers and hinged closures hinged adjacent the outer opposite edges of the cover and adapted to close against the inner face of the cover and close the apertures therein' when material is being discharged from the "lower chamber through its registering apertures in the cover.

A further object is to hingedly connect the closures on the cover in a position whereby when the salt cellar is inverted and placed at an incline,

one. of said closures will hinge downwardly to .open position against the inner wall of the cellar body and the other closure to hinged downwardly and outwardly into cooperative closed position with the cover apertures.

A further object is on the inner wall of the cellar body and adapted to extend above a free edge or end of the closures when in down open position whereby material will not pass under the closure and prevent the same from closing, said ribs directing material to the top of the closure on the initial movement of the condiment holder to inverted inclinedposition.

A further object is to form the cover from a disc on which the closures are mounted adjacent opposite edges so they will be disposed adjacent the inner walls of the body of the holder and to provide a channelled member, one flange of which engages the outer side of the neck of the cellar body and the other overlies the perforated disc, thereby allowing the device to be easily disassembled and the disc to be easily cleaned.

with the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination-and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

' In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cellar.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the cellar.

Figure? is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through the cover end of the cellar, showing the same in an inverted inclined positi n.

to provide a transverse rib.

Figure 4 is abottom perspective of the discand hinged covers carried thereby;

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the body of the combination salt and pepper shaker, 2 the salt compartment therein, 3 the pepper compartment. Compartments 2and 3 are formed by a wall or partition iwhich extends through the body 1 and is preferably formed integral therewith. The shaker may be cast from a single piece of glass or other material, or may be formed from tin if desired. The particular form shown is for purposes of illustration.

Disposed on the upper end of the body 1 is a perforated disc 5, which is preferably rectangular shaped as shown, and is provided with salt discharge apertures 6, which register with the salt chamber 2 and pepper discharge apertures 7 which register with the chamber 3, and as the upper end of the partition 4 engages the under side of the disc 5 at 8, it will be seen that when the cellar as a whole is placed in an inverted inclined position as shown in Figure 3, the contents of either compartment may be discharged therefrom, however through the mechanism hereinafter set forth only the contents of the lower compartment can be discharged when the device is inverted.

The perforated disc 5 is held in position on the open end of the body 1 by means of a rectangularly shaped member 9, angularly shaped in cross section and the flange 10 of which interengages at 11 with the outer side of the neck of the body for holding the member 9 in position. The flange 12 of the member 9 engages the outer side of the disc and retains the disc in position on the neck of the body 1. By this particular construction the disc can be removed from the body and may be thoroughly cleaned which would not be the case if the disc were formed integral with the member 9.

Extending downwardly from the under side of the perforated disc 5 are spaced ears 13 in which the pintles 14 of the hinged closure 16 are mounted. It will be noted that the ears 13 are positioned where they will engage the inner side or wall of the body 1, thereby allowing the disc to be properly centered and positioned on the body 1 for holding the same until the rectangular shaped member 9 is in position. It will be seen that the hinged member 15, which is in down position will swing downwardly to open position as shown in Figure 3 when the cellar is in use and the other closure 15 will be in closed position, thereby allowing the contents of only the lower compartment to be discharged. To prevent salt or pepper from getting under the free end of closure as shown in Figure 3, the inner wall of the compartments are provided with inwardly extending ribsor flanges 16 which will direct the condiment to the upper side of the downwardly disposed closure, thereby insuring a positive operation of the device.

From the above it will be seen thata multiple chamber condiment holder is provided which is .10

set forth what is prising a body member having adjacent chambers discharging throughan'open end of the body member, inner and outer walls carried by said chambers, a perforated cover mounted on the open end of said body member and having discharge perforations registering with the chambers, hinged closures carried by the cover and hinged thereto adjacent the outer sides thereof and within the chambers, said 'closures being hingedly connected to the cover in positions whereby when the shaker is placed in aninverted inclined-position one of said closures will swing inwardly and downwardly into engagement with the outer wall of the lowered chamber and the other closure will hinge downwardly and otwardly int engagement with the cover closing the perforations therein, and transverse ribs ca ried by the inside of the outer walls of the condiment chambers and extending beyond the free ends of the hinged closures when in down position and forming means whereby material within the chambers when the device is inverted will be deflected toa position above the hinged closure which is in lowered or open position.

2. A combined salt and pepper shaker comprising a body member having adjacent chambers discharging through an open end ofrthe body member, inner and outer walls carried by said chambers, a perforated cover mounted on the open end of said body member and having discharge perforations registering with the chambers, hinged closures carried by the cover and hinged thereto adjacent the outer sides thereof and within the chambers, said closures being hingedly connected to the cover in positions whereby when the shaker is placed in an inverted inclined position one, of said closures will swing inwardly and downwardly into engagement with the outer wall'of thellowered chamber and the other closure will hinge downwardlyancl outwardly intoengagement with the cover closingthe perforations therein, said cover comprising a foraminous disc to which the hinged closures are connected,said disc engaging the discharge endof the body and the inside of the cover,

and saidcover further comprises a flanged mem-- ber surrounding the discharge end of the body member and having a flange overlying the outer side of the disc.

3. A combined-salt and pepper shaker-jcomprising a body member having adjacent chambersdischarging through an open end of'the body member, inner and outer walls carried by said chambers, a'perforated cover mounted onthe open end of said body memberand having discharge" perforations v registering with the chambers, hingedclosures carried by'the cover and'hinged 1- thereto adjacent the outer sides thereof and with-- in the chambers, said closures being hingedly connected to the cover in positions whereby when the shaker is placed in an inverted inclined po'si-' tion one ofsaid closures will swing inwardly and downwardly into engagement with the outer wall of the lowered chamber and the other closure will hinge downwardly and outwardly into engagement with the cover closing the perforations" JOHN OLIVER cur'rorr moon). 

